Amazon Web Services DCI - The Dog Computer Interface

This is Declan in early 2000 at Amazon.com:



It was an early version of the DCI - Dog Computer Interface. Here is a later version, from 2003 or so:


(notice integration with Official Amazon Door Desks in this one, enabling each web dev to have a Declan available under their work surface)

And today, the AWS group announces the official release of the DCI - The Dog Computer Interface!

Hello, poor neglected blog. Here's a picture of Declan to make up for recent quietness:



And a few other things

• we had a surprise snowstorm on monday in NJ which left us with several inches of snow
• I realized what a total nerd I am when I was asked during a demo the other day when epoch time started and I came up with "early 1970" on the spot (it's Jan 1, 1970 and god knows why I remembered the year so well)
• I realized what a further nerd I was when I could come up with the date of epoch time overflow, which will be UNIX y2k
• I need to write a few posts about early amazon christmases. Here's a tiny tidbit for now- when I first reported to the seattle Distribution Center, I was put on gift wrap because I was a girl. But I'm a klutz, so I got kicked out after 2 packages